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Carolyn Wells: The books we...

Carolyn Wells: The books we...

The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry;
The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to...

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Iris Murdoch: All artists dream...

Iris Murdoch: All artists dream...

All artists dream of a silence which they must enter, as some creatures return to the sea to...

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Eleanor H Porter: What men and...

Eleanor H Porter: What men and...

What men and women need is encouragement. . . . Instead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him of his virtues....

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George Eliot: It is seldom...

George Eliot: It is seldom...

It is seldom that the miserable of the world can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those who are...

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Agatha Christie: An archaeologist is...

Agatha Christie: An archaeologist is...

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in...

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Harper Lee: Until I feared...

Harper Lee: Until I feared...

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

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Elizabeth Dole: We have learned...

Elizabeth Dole: We have learned...

We have learned that power is a positive force if it is used for positive purposes.

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Mary Robinson: I was elected...

Mary Robinson: I was elected...

I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the...

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Mary Robinson: In a society...

Mary Robinson: In a society...

In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power,...

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Geraldine Ferraro: It was not...

Geraldine Ferraro: It was not...

It was not so very long ago that people thought that semiconductors were part-time orchestra leaders and microchips...

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Elizabeth II: It's all to...

Elizabeth II: It's all to...

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

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Nancy Astor: A fool without...

Nancy Astor: A fool without...

A fool without fear is sometimes wiser than an angel with fear.

Source: My Two...

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Harper Lee: I'm no idealist...

Harper Lee: I'm no idealist...

I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system -- that is no ideal to me, it...

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Jane Austen: A large income...

Jane Austen: A large income...

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

Source: In The...

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Jane Rule: I believe only...

Jane Rule: I believe only...

I believe only in art and failure.

Source: This is Not for You, 1970.
-- Jane...

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Mary McCarthy: Bureacracy, the rule...

Mary McCarthy: Bureacracy, the rule...

Bureacracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.

Source:...

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Mary Roberts Rinehart: Men deceive themselves;...

Mary Roberts Rinehart: Men deceive themselves;...

Men deceive themselves; they look back on the children who were once themselves, and attempt to reconstruct them. But...

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Djuna Barnes: Life, the permission...

Djuna Barnes: Life, the permission...

Life, the permission to know death.

Source: Nightwood/ 1937
-- Djuna Barnes,...

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Gail Godwin: Good teaching is...

Gail Godwin: Good teaching is...

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.

Source: The Odd...

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Brigitte Bardot: Women get more...

Brigitte Bardot: Women get more...

Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves.

Source: In The...

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